Historical society

The February meeting of the Greystones Archaeological and Historical Society will take place at the Family Centre beside Holy Rosary Church at the usual time of 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 21.

The speaker will be Philip Lecane, whose subject will be the sinking of the Dun Laoghaire/Holyhead mailboat, RMS Leinster, in October 1918. Philip is a maritime historian and author of Torpedoed. The RMS Leinster disaster and of Women and children on the RMS Leinster. There will be a €2 charge towards costs.